Good story- right- I have a sense of humor!! I have heard of pop rivets but in all my days I have never tried. I can see the "blind" idea making sense but these boards seem almost fragile to me- I can't believe they hold up but I guess they do. Probably better use stainless at all costs. Do you plan on covering over ??? It seems they might bust up the shell of the board when you shoot them. The problem with my repair is epoxy isn't compatable with gel coat. I plan on doing a graphite epoxy over the whole bottom half of the board this winter- kinda like a two tone job. I really jump into things and have repaired a few dings in the hull with epoxy- now I need to see if I can seal them to cover with gel coat- but I guess I can grind them out- not very apatizing. I posted some pictures at
http://homepage.mac.com/johnferrari/PhotoAlbum27.html
all in all pretty funny but you can probably buy for way less than a hun.
good luck
ps- can't see how a few onces is going to make a difference, but rules are rules when it comes to racing. Thats if you can catch me!